Draped Bust Dollars

Offered coin last sold at Heritage Auctions in 2009 for then-auction-record $2.3 million Arguably the most famous example of an 1804 Class III Draped Bust...

By CoinWeek... The United States Mint has proudly announced the fourth release in its exclusive "Best of the Mint Series," featuring a modern tribute to...

By Charles Morgan and Hubert Walker for CoinWeek Notes ..... The 1804 Draped Bust Dollar (often called the 1804 Dollar) is one of the most significant treasures in American numismatics. Initially...

Finest Class III Example in Private Hands Graded Proof-65 (PCGS) CAC. CMQ. The Only CAC Approved 1804 Dollar of any Class This important...

By Charles Morgan for CoinWeek .... 1798 was a transitional year for the Draped Bust Dollar. The Small Eagle reverse, which debuted in 1795, was...

By Jack D. Young, Early American Coppers (EAC), and the Dark Side Group ......   I previously wrote a CoinWeek article on this “family” of fake...

Visitors to the American Numismatic Association (ANA) 2025 National Money Show in the Cobb Galleria Centre in Atlanta, Georgia, February 27 through March 1,...

By Charles Morgan and Hubert Walker for CoinWeek Notes ..... The Draped Bust Dollar design debuted in 1795 as part of the United States Mint's...

By Charles Morgan and Hubert Walker for CoinWeek Notes .....   The year 1795 marked the second year of U.S. silver dollar production, and the United...

By Jack D. Young, Early American Coppers (EAC), and the Dark Side Group ......   Since I wrote my article on an ANA documented counterfeit 1799...

By Jack D. Young, Early American Coppers (EAC), and the Dark Side Group ......   In a past CoinWeek article, I reviewed a “family” of counterfeits...

  * * * You are looking at an 1803 Draped Bust silver dollar - can you guess the grade? But first.... Last time, we shared with...

  What would happen if you looked under your sofa cushion and found a nearly uncirculated 1799/8 BB-141 Draped Bust silver dollar? Lots of things,...

Issued only six years after the United States Mint was established by the Coinage Act of April 2, 1792, the 1798 Draped Bust Dollar...

By Jack D. Young, Early American Coppers (EAC) ......   In a discussion at the 2019 Dayton EAC Convention on counterfeits, we talked of three "families"...